The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-17
TOBACCO CULTURE,
The system OF Tobacco Culture adopt.
ed by tie Prize e-Taker.

The NEWS AND COURIER BUREAU, I
l0l MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, March ~. J
1t will doubtless interest the farm
e,s of the State to know the methods
pursued by Mr.. +. NJ. Rogers, Jr., Of
Florence, in raising the lot of tobac-
co which recently took the prize
offered by the department. of agricul-
ture, and to this end the NeuS and
Courier Bureau has secured access
to the reports which Mr.. Rogers has
made to the department. His formal
report is as follows:
Variety of seed planted. yellow
Oronoko; date of seeding in plant
bed. January II; date Of transplant
ing, May l3; area in cultivation, one
acre; character of soil, gray top soil
and yellow clay subsoil.
Mode Of preparations: Broken
with one:Lorse plough twice, once in
January and once in April. Just be-
fore planting bedding up with turn
ploughs. Planted in drills.
Kind of fertilizers used, Star brand,
commercial fertilizers. Quantity
used, &C., 400 pounds in the drill
when prepared for planting; fifty
bushels cotton seed per acre, also
compost made from stable manure.
Date applied, Mays. Cost Of fertili-
zer, 50 Tor fertilizers 50 for cotton
seed.
Cost Of labor per acre, $3G.54; kind
Of labor, colored.
Ploughing and hoeing: Ploughed
and hoed three times each.
Average number of leaves left in
the topping process to each plant,
twelve. Date harvested, August g.
How cured, with fues. Yield per
acre: 949 pounds.
Where sold and price per pound
Sold at Henderson, n. c., for $l7j.45.
average Isl cents per pound.
Type and quality graded by buyer
fine texture and good color.
Mr.. Rogers submitted his account
sales to the department. The tobac,
co was sold by Harris, Gooch & Co..
Henderson, n. C. The prize lot was
in measure sacrificed in order tc
secure quick sales, and enable re-
port to be made in time. It wes sold
at Henderson, December 10, when
the snow was ten inches on the
ground. The 9t9 pounds brought
Sl75.45. Dcducting warehouse
charges $3.50, auction fees S2.45
commissions 1926, and freight and
drayage SlO.5S, the net returns were
Sl55.66. The consignecs wrote
ave think we could have done better
for YOU if we had waited until the
weather moderated"
Another lot Of 922 pounds, pre-
viously shipped by Mr.. Rogers, ant
sold at Henderson, November "a
brought S273.GS. Deducting ware
house charges $1.20, auction fees
$2.40, commissions 1921, and freight
and drayage STAT, the net return
was $25I40. The grades OF the two
lots were substantially the same.
Mr.. Rogers says: "As regards the
first lot l cannot say exactly the
amount Of land it was taken from
and therefore cannot conscientiously
enter it, but | send the bill for youl
inspection, SO that you can compare
it and draw your own conclusions a:
to what the last should have brought
He subsequently mentions (unde
dat. December IL that he ha'
marketed not quite one-seventl
Of his crop. AS well as can b.
judged from Mr.. Rogers's report thu
cost Of cultivating his experimental
acre was S54.54, and his return
Sljj.GG. Ufcourse the cost Of curing
handling, &C., as well as the cost o
cultivating, would have to be de
Quoted in order to get a fair idea o
the profits Of his venture.